Mercury Program (other)
The Mercury program was Project Mercury, the first successful American crewed spaceflight program, 1958–63. Mercury Program may also refer to: *The Mercury Program, an American post-rock band formed 1997 Other uses *''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'', radio program * ''Mercury'' (TV series), TV program See also *Mercury project (other) *Mercury (other) Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Mercury ...

Project Mercury
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the US Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted 20 uncrewed developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The program, which took its name from Roman mythology, cost $ (adjusted for inflation). The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. The Space Race began with the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. This came as a shock to the American public, and led to the creation of NASA to expedite existing US space exploration efforts, and place most of them under civilian control. After the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958, crewed spacef ...
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The Mercury Program
The Mercury Program is an American musical group composed of Dave Lebleu on Drum kit, drums, Sander Travisano on bass guitar, Tom Reno on guitar, and Whit Travisano on vibraphone and piano. History The first three members formed a trio in August 1997 and Whit Travisano joined in late 1999. Originally based in Gainesville, Florida, the band members live in different cities across the United States. Mercury Program's first two albums feature sparse, spoken-word vocals. However, beginning with the release of the 2001 Extended play, EP ''All the Suits Began to Fall Off'', the band moved to an entirely Instrumental rock, instrumental format. The band toured extensively in support of their critically acclaimed 2002 album ''A Data Learn the Language''. Then, following the release of the split EP ''Confines of Heat'' in 2003, the Mercury Program went on extended hiatus, sporadically working on new material over the next several years. Since then, the band has reconvened occasionally ...
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The Mercury Theatre On The Air
''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET. On September 11, the show moved to Sundays at 8 pm. The show made headlines with its "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30, one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio due to the panic it allegedly caused, after which the Campbell Soup Company signed on as sponsor. ''The Mercury Theatre on the Air'' made its last broadcast on December 4 of that year, and '' The Campbell Playhouse'' began five days later, on December 9. Production After the theatrical successes of the Mercury Theatre, CBS Radio invited Orson Welles to create a summer show for 13 weeks. The serie ...
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Mercury (TV Series)
Mercury is a 1996 Australian television series about the editors and reporters of the Sunday Mercury, a fictional Melbourne weekly paper. The series is notable for featuring Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Em ... in a lead role, and originally aired on ABC for a single series of 13 hour-long episodes. References * Television shows set in Melbourne 1996 Australian television series debuts 1996 Australian television series endings {{Australia-tv-prog-stub ...
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Mercury Project (other)
Mercury project may refer to: * Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight program of the U.S., 1958–1963 * ''Project Mercury'' (album), by Rosetta and Balboa, 2007 * Mercury (satellite), a series of three U.S. spy satellites launched in the 1990s * Game Gear console, developed as Project Mercury * ''Rocket's Red Glare'', a 2000 TV movie originally titled ''Mercury Project'' * Project Mercury, a prototype of Linksys iPhone See also * Mercury program (other) * Mercury (other) Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Mercury ...